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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1943;25:58-64.
© 1943 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

THE FLEXION TREATMENT FOR LOW-BACK PAIN

Indications, Outline of Conservative Management, and a New Spine-Fusion Procedure

Louis W. Breck M.D.1 and W. Compere Basom M.D.1

1 EL PASO, TEXAS

There is a sound basis for the flexion treatment of low backache due to a narrowed lumbar disc, regardless of whether the pain is due to a protruded disc, or subluxation of the lumbosacral or lumbar facets.

Conservative flexion treatment as outlined, and utilizing new apparatus has been found efficient for home treatment.

A new spine-fusion procedure, using a mortised interspinous bone block, has been successful in restoring the intervertebral interspace to normal; in reducing the accompanying subluxation; and in giving internal fixation to the routine spine-fusion grafts.


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